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55% public school students suffer backache: Study
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Heavy school bags are the main cause for growing backache complaints among school-going children. About 55 percent students studying in public schools suffer from backache, while 30 percent government school students fall prey to the problem, says a new...
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Books, craft work, sports accessories all add to the burden that a child carries everyday. As Tripura said having lockers in schools can be a good alternative to this problem.
(Local Perspectives)
That is soooo unfair...Even i went to school..No one cared at that time!! :-P
But yeah, it is reallly sad that our schools dont have the infrastructure that could prevent bach aches and stuff at such a young age...
But yeah, it is reallly sad that our schools dont have the infrastructure that could prevent bach aches and stuff at such a young age...
(Local Perspectives)
arrrghhh....spellling mistake! that was suppposed to be BACK aches and not bach aches! Sorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry
(Local Perspectives)
Hehehehe!, sharmila, even I am a victim of spelling mistakes...acutally its high time people overlooked spelling and grammatical mistakes and concentrated on the idea conveyed.
But I think even with a bach ache you are not wrong.. what with all those boring western classical music lessons in some schools? :)
But I think even with a bach ache you are not wrong.. what with all those boring western classical music lessons in some schools? :)
(Local Perspectives)
:-P eehhehe! i dont think people actuallly even notice if there is a spelling mistake...but it keeps pricking me :-P so much for being ’purhfect’ :-P hehehe!!
I think schools should be hi-tech...everything online...maybe like instablogs! I’m learning soooooooo much here...more than what i’d ever learn in school or any place on earth! :-) What say?
I think schools should be hi-tech...everything online...maybe like instablogs! I’m learning soooooooo much here...more than what i’d ever learn in school or any place on earth! :-) What say?
(Local Perspectives)
Believe me sharmila, online education is going to give you a bum ache along with backache and a tummy bulge also. We will be reduced to mute sitting status.
Then I’m sure you will have to append your article with bumaches and tummy bulges too! :):)
Then I’m sure you will have to append your article with bumaches and tummy bulges too! :):)
(Local Perspectives)
That will happen only to scholars ;-) people like me who cant sit stable in a place for more than half an hour dont need to worry...no wonder my type rocks! :-P ehheheheheheh!
(Local Perspectives)
Yes, a lot of new age schools and a few traditional schools now days encourage the children to leave their books at school, and not lug all of them back home everyday. NPS Bangalore, I know is one of them...atleast for the junior classes.
(Local Perspectives)
Not all public schools are thinking of reducing loads. Instead of notebooks they should have worksheets. And lockers for textbooks and sports items is a good idea but where is the space? Public schools have large number of students...
(Local Perspectives)
If you read the full article, you will realize that heavy school bags are not the ONLY reason for the backaches.
From the stats given in the DNA story, anyone can make out that the children who suffer most are the ones coming from affluent homes... and the ones to suffer least are from poor families.
Here are the stats for those who don’t read the whole story before jotting down their comments:
55 percent students studying in public schools suffered from backache, while 30 percent students of government and municipal schools fell prey to the problem — government & public schools = poor children!
53 percent of students belonging to upper classes had acute backache problem — self-explanatory!
Fifteen percent of students belonging to the middle class and 10 percent of students belonging to weaker sections of the society suffered from backache — shows the clear picture!
22 percent students, who never went to school, did not complain of backache — poor children, can’t afford to go to schools!
Fifteen percent students who participated in outdoor games, along with hectic study schedule, faced no problem of backache — only exception to my theory, but then, I’ve not seen children from the rich families coming often on the streets from their luxurious bedrooms to do some hard playing!
So, its not the weight of the bag, but the lack of physical inactivity that contributes to backaches, or any ache for that matter...including bumaches and tummy bulges!!
From the stats given in the DNA story, anyone can make out that the children who suffer most are the ones coming from affluent homes... and the ones to suffer least are from poor families.
Here are the stats for those who don’t read the whole story before jotting down their comments:
55 percent students studying in public schools suffered from backache, while 30 percent students of government and municipal schools fell prey to the problem — government & public schools = poor children!
53 percent of students belonging to upper classes had acute backache problem — self-explanatory!
Fifteen percent of students belonging to the middle class and 10 percent of students belonging to weaker sections of the society suffered from backache — shows the clear picture!
22 percent students, who never went to school, did not complain of backache — poor children, can’t afford to go to schools!
Fifteen percent students who participated in outdoor games, along with hectic study schedule, faced no problem of backache — only exception to my theory, but then, I’ve not seen children from the rich families coming often on the streets from their luxurious bedrooms to do some hard playing!
So, its not the weight of the bag, but the lack of physical inactivity that contributes to backaches, or any ache for that matter...including bumaches and tummy bulges!!
(Local Perspectives)
hahahaha. So true. I have to carry a lot of books at school and I have a locker which I rarely use. But the one thing that gives me backaches is at the computer. Thats only right after I get up, which is obvious. But the one thing that is keeping me from having problems is all my work and physical activity outside. Like Aneez said, it does help to actually do something other than sit on the computer or TV.
(Global Perspectives)
Update: The highlighted phrase in the last para of my previous comment should read ’lack of physical activity’ and not ’lack of physical inactivity’ as mentioned by me.
Anyway, I’m happy no one noticed it and I got the opportunity to update that part :D
Anyway, I’m happy no one noticed it and I got the opportunity to update that part :D
(Local Perspectives)
Of course sharmila, not you (who sits for so less a time at the PC) and not I (a yoga freak) are ever going to be affected by any aches…but I think those scholars who take the ache to provide huge statistics to prove something very obvious( that indeed it is physical inactivity that causes pains ) and take double the ache to come back and rectify an obviously correctly understood error are the ones who are going to experience the kind of aches mentioned by you and appended by me.
(Local Perspectives)
You pointing to the DNA staff??
By the way, there’s the ’read story’ button just below the trailer shown by Sharmila, and that shows the full picture.
And does yoga help only physically?? I mean your comment doesn’t show any sense. However, I might be wrong because I’ve seen many yoga freaks who are intelligent too!!
By the way, there’s the ’read story’ button just below the trailer shown by Sharmila, and that shows the full picture.
And does yoga help only physically?? I mean your comment doesn’t show any sense. However, I might be wrong because I’ve seen many yoga freaks who are intelligent too!!
(Local Perspectives)
No, I was not pointing to the DNA staff. I was rather pointing towards those scholars who spend hours at the PC in their pursuit for perfection.
What I meant was when laymen like me read something we just scan it and comment. That takes a little time. Now there are people who read each and every line in detail, reproduce them, comment on them individually and yet again come back to correct a minuscule error that is generally understood the correct way. Such a lot of effort (what I meant by ache) leading to spending such a lot of time sitting physically inactively in front of the PC and ultimately leading to all the physical pains and tummy bulges originating from physical inactivity!
When this article is all about the physical pains originating from physical causes I am of course talking about the physical effectiveness of yoga though there is much more to it. Now does that make any sense?
I would like to append that apart from the degree of physical inactivity there is another reason that makes poor children less susceptible to body aches than affluent children and that is poor children are probably used to carrying heavy loads in their daily lives and hence a school bag is no big deal for them whereas their delicate counterparts find a school bag very heavy.
What I meant was when laymen like me read something we just scan it and comment. That takes a little time. Now there are people who read each and every line in detail, reproduce them, comment on them individually and yet again come back to correct a minuscule error that is generally understood the correct way. Such a lot of effort (what I meant by ache) leading to spending such a lot of time sitting physically inactively in front of the PC and ultimately leading to all the physical pains and tummy bulges originating from physical inactivity!
When this article is all about the physical pains originating from physical causes I am of course talking about the physical effectiveness of yoga though there is much more to it. Now does that make any sense?
I would like to append that apart from the degree of physical inactivity there is another reason that makes poor children less susceptible to body aches than affluent children and that is poor children are probably used to carrying heavy loads in their daily lives and hence a school bag is no big deal for them whereas their delicate counterparts find a school bag very heavy.
(Local Perspectives)
It seems our schools are preparing our children either for the army or for doing menial jobs!
On a serious note, it is high time the educational system in the country was thoroughly revamped. The accent now is on learning by rote; this is the reason for the piles of books and notebooks that the poor kids have to lug around.
The need of the hour is making children enjoy learning. Informal and imaginative techniques of teaching are needed. The ’memorizing’ way of education is a legacy of the colonial past.
On a serious note, it is high time the educational system in the country was thoroughly revamped. The accent now is on learning by rote; this is the reason for the piles of books and notebooks that the poor kids have to lug around.
The need of the hour is making children enjoy learning. Informal and imaginative techniques of teaching are needed. The ’memorizing’ way of education is a legacy of the colonial past.
(Local Perspectives)
Maybe it is where I live or something, but honestly the books aren’t really all that bad where I live. Sure, I have a book or two for a class, but that is why they have lockers. Usually I break my day in half and take half my books (morning classes) and then at lunch I get my stuff I need to study and study through lunch since I don’t eat lunch and then get my afternoon books for my later classes. I usually carry around 4-5 books at a time but it’s not bad. I only carry they for about 3 minutes...lol
(Global Perspectives)
Taylor has raised a relevant point. Having lockers in Indian schools could be part of the solution.
As things stand today, very few schools have lockers and so the kids have to lug all the books and stuff around like coolies. Are the managements of our schools listening? Lockers please!
As things stand today, very few schools have lockers and so the kids have to lug all the books and stuff around like coolies. Are the managements of our schools listening? Lockers please!
(Local Perspectives)
Taylor has raised a relevant point. Having lockers in Indian schools could be part of the solution.
As things stand today, very few schools have lockers and so the kids have to lug all the books and stuff around like coolies. Are the managements of our schools listening? Lockers please!
As things stand today, very few schools have lockers and so the kids have to lug all the books and stuff around like coolies. Are the managements of our schools listening? Lockers please!
(Local Perspectives)
Ironicallly...there are thousands of kids who dont go to schoool, work in hotels and stuff and those who do go to study get backaches...ahem! Schools suck??? :-P jusssssssst kiddding!
(Local Perspectives)
I guess both of them involves hard work. One is at school, the other is at a hotel or local tea shop. God sometimes is a great equalizer!
(Local Perspectives)
:-P yaaa...so, going by that logic, studying and going to school is as much of hard-work as working in a tea stall or whatever! :-P I wish someone told my parents this!
(Local Perspectives)
It is a question of luck. Some kids are fortunate enough to get good education. Others learn the tricks of life the hard way in a tea stall.
Who said life is fair? I said God sometimes is a great equalizer. Anyway, how can one be sure that a kid studying at a public school is happier than a tea boy? I know a tea boy at the nearby tea stall, who is always happy. And believe me he is not a simpleton.
I also read of kids who committed suicide because of pressure from parents to do well at school.
Who is more fortunate?
Who said life is fair? I said God sometimes is a great equalizer. Anyway, how can one be sure that a kid studying at a public school is happier than a tea boy? I know a tea boy at the nearby tea stall, who is always happy. And believe me he is not a simpleton.
I also read of kids who committed suicide because of pressure from parents to do well at school.
Who is more fortunate?
(Local Perspectives)
Great Leena!
Finally, you accepted that you all went for the wrong ride and I’m happy that you agree with me that physical inactivity is the main cause for all types of aches, and not heavy bags!
(whats already implied in my very first comment comes as an appendage from your side!!)
BTW, my profile demands me to stay long on my PC so that I can push some sense into those senseless heads which come banging on my doors daily.
Unfortunately, some heads are too thick to grasp my advice and hence, all the commotion.
Anyway, theres always yoga for such people! Though at a slow pace, I’m sure it will work for you.
Finally, you accepted that you all went for the wrong ride and I’m happy that you agree with me that physical inactivity is the main cause for all types of aches, and not heavy bags!
(whats already implied in my very first comment comes as an appendage from your side!!)
BTW, my profile demands me to stay long on my PC so that I can push some sense into those senseless heads which come banging on my doors daily.
Unfortunately, some heads are too thick to grasp my advice and hence, all the commotion.
Anyway, theres always yoga for such people! Though at a slow pace, I’m sure it will work for you.
(Local Perspectives)
I don’t think you’ve understood what I appended and since its already there I don’t feel the necessity to repeat it over and over again and since your entire comment is based on that it does make not any sense…even if you come up with a thousand such in future.
However let me clarify that many a time mere textual delivery has limitations in conveying the tone in which something is said and what I said was in a light-hearted manner, something that I always do. I don’t know much of internet lingo to convey the tone. In case, you’ve taken offence to anything that I said I am extremely sorry.
However let me clarify that many a time mere textual delivery has limitations in conveying the tone in which something is said and what I said was in a light-hearted manner, something that I always do. I don’t know much of internet lingo to convey the tone. In case, you’ve taken offence to anything that I said I am extremely sorry.
(Local Perspectives)
Oops! We are not fighting, are we? I take this type of confrontations as an opportunity to better my debating skills and know my standing among the fellow debaters, so practically, there is no question of me feeling offended by any word or phrase.
I expected some more fireworks from you, sorry is the least expected and liked word in my dictionary. If you take a look at my profile you will know my views on these episodes.
As for your appendage, I’m happy people use my original statements to use it as a base to fill their comment boxes; its a great compliment. I thank you wholeheartedly.
I expected some more fireworks from you, sorry is the least expected and liked word in my dictionary. If you take a look at my profile you will know my views on these episodes.
As for your appendage, I’m happy people use my original statements to use it as a base to fill their comment boxes; its a great compliment. I thank you wholeheartedly.
(Local Perspectives)
@ editor aneez
You expected to see just fireworks? You would have seen missiles! Its only that I felt that you thought that I was pointing at your work, something that people might be sensitive about, and hence felt the need to apologize.
As for the appendage I was not using your statement but your statement box as a base. ..just because I was lazy to open a fresh box. Mine was an independent statement. Talking about originality you just deduced from the facts already present in the article but I gave a completely new point. So it is I who am actually original.
For that matter coming to the subject if you go to the next page, you will come across a conclusive statement
According to Jha, a large number of children suffering from backache belong to public schools because apart from carrying heavy school bags, they had to sit at home for long hours each day to complete their daily lessons and to prepare for surprise tests, the report said
Children of government and other schools had comparatively lighter schoolbags and also had lower pressure of studies, it said.’
That actually takes the heaviness of the bag into consideration. And though physical inactivity may be one of the reasons it’s actually the bag load and later the body load that the poor spine has to take by sitting for long hours. So it has got more to do with load than the physical activity factor.
You expected to see just fireworks? You would have seen missiles! Its only that I felt that you thought that I was pointing at your work, something that people might be sensitive about, and hence felt the need to apologize.
As for the appendage I was not using your statement but your statement box as a base. ..just because I was lazy to open a fresh box. Mine was an independent statement. Talking about originality you just deduced from the facts already present in the article but I gave a completely new point. So it is I who am actually original.
For that matter coming to the subject if you go to the next page, you will come across a conclusive statement
According to Jha, a large number of children suffering from backache belong to public schools because apart from carrying heavy school bags, they had to sit at home for long hours each day to complete their daily lessons and to prepare for surprise tests, the report said
Children of government and other schools had comparatively lighter schoolbags and also had lower pressure of studies, it said.’
That actually takes the heaviness of the bag into consideration. And though physical inactivity may be one of the reasons it’s actually the bag load and later the body load that the poor spine has to take by sitting for long hours. So it has got more to do with load than the physical activity factor.
(Local Perspectives)
Thank you for being so original Leena, I never expected this from you. By the way if you want to get a glimpse of what originality is all about, just go to my first comment and check.
After each of the points that I presented (which according to you is rehashed from the news article), I have given my views. This is what we call being original without swaying away from the facts.
As for the revelation presented by you in your latest comment (According to Jha, a large number of children suffering.., I would suggest you take a closer look into the article and compare it to what I said in my first comment.
As for this gem of yours’
So it has got more to do with load than the physical activity factor.
I doubt you are a yoga freak, cuz these words portray you as one who is totally ignorant about the physics of a human body.
P.S. I’m a fitness freak myself and spend 1 1/2 hrs daily in the gym dealing with weights and stuffs, so don’t come up with anything that will strengthen my belief that you are a total disaster in the body management area.
After each of the points that I presented (which according to you is rehashed from the news article), I have given my views. This is what we call being original without swaying away from the facts.
As for the revelation presented by you in your latest comment (According to Jha, a large number of children suffering.., I would suggest you take a closer look into the article and compare it to what I said in my first comment.
As for this gem of yours’
So it has got more to do with load than the physical activity factor.
I doubt you are a yoga freak, cuz these words portray you as one who is totally ignorant about the physics of a human body.
P.S. I’m a fitness freak myself and spend 1 1/2 hrs daily in the gym dealing with weights and stuffs, so don’t come up with anything that will strengthen my belief that you are a total disaster in the body management area.
(Local Perspectives)
Public schools or government, physical activities or not, lockers or large school bags,
How did you all forget the Wretched water bottle that adds to the load. Cant schools provide clean drinking water?
How did you all forget the Wretched water bottle that adds to the load. Cant schools provide clean drinking water?
(Local Perspectives)
that’s a nice point water bottles really add to the weight
(Local Perspectives)
I believe a very simple solution would be for children to put their books on wheels and just pull them instead of carrying them on their backs. It would fall into the luggage section at some stores.
(Global Perspectives)
school bags with wheels like luggage bags can be a good idea
(Local Perspectives)
You already have bags like that...but since they are a bit expensive, parents arent too keen on buying them. And you know how easily kids can spoil things....so, that kinda explains why these bags arent a hit yet.
(Local Perspectives)
@editor aneez
You are boasting so much about your first comment but let me tell you all you did was to get away with some vague remarks like ‘ poor children’ , ‘ self explanatory’, ‘shows the clear picture’ . :- D (thanks for giving me the opportunity for using a newly learned smiley).
Coming to back ache let me tell you, other than some medical conditions the general and major causes are :
Faulty posture, sitting without a proper support for your back, carrying and handling heavy loads in the wrong way and also for a prolonged period of time. All of which amount to one singular factor and tha
You are boasting so much about your first comment but let me tell you all you did was to get away with some vague remarks like ‘ poor children’ , ‘ self explanatory’, ‘shows the clear picture’ . :- D (thanks for giving me the opportunity for using a newly learned smiley).
Coming to back ache let me tell you, other than some medical conditions the general and major causes are :
Faulty posture, sitting without a proper support for your back, carrying and handling heavy loads in the wrong way and also for a prolonged period of time. All of which amount to one singular factor and tha
I guess after that the schools will comply, but will charge the parents for the lockers too!
Another moot point here about the ’locker’ solution is one doubts if very small kids will be able to handle lockers. The system will only work with the higher class students.